Migration Job Trends in Manchester

Migration
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Migration skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 35 64
Rank change year-on-year -69 +29 +39
Permanent jobs citing Migration 28 155 91
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.96% 5.81% 3.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 6.18% 3.95%
Number of salaries quoted 19 88 72
10th Percentile £32,500 - £42,500
25th Percentile £45,625 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +15.23%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £82,548
90th Percentile £90,750 £82,875 £86,250
North West median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.95% -12.50% +9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Migration falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,325 2,507 2,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.71% 94.00% 90.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,407 1,181 1,840
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Migration relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Migration job vacancy trend in Manchester

Migration
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Migration.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Migration

Migration
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Migration in Manchester over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Migration in Manchester

Migration
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bolton +8 1 £47,500 +8.57% 7
Altrincham -9 1 £62,500 +8.70%
Salford - 1 £73,801 - 3
Migration
North West

Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (17.86%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.57%) NetSuite
1 1 (3.57%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 11 (39.29%) Azure
2 9 (32.14%) AWS
3 6 (21.43%) Entra ID
4 5 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (17.86%) Power Platform
5 4 (14.29%) SaaS
5 4 (14.29%) Serverless
6 3 (10.71%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (10.71%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (10.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (10.71%) GCP
6 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (7.14%) Amazon S3
7 2 (7.14%) dbt
7 2 (7.14%) GitHub
7 2 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (7.14%) iPaaS
7 2 (7.14%) OneDrive
7 2 (7.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) DHCP
1 2 (7.14%) DNS
1 2 (7.14%) Firewall
2 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) Power BI
2 4 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 3 (10.71%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (10.71%) Data Lake
3 3 (10.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (10.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (7.14%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (7.14%) Apache Iceberg
4 2 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (7.14%) DB2
4 2 (7.14%) NoSQL
4 2 (7.14%) Relational Database
4 2 (7.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (7.14%) Tableau
5 1 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (3.57%) BigQuery
5 1 (3.57%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (3.57%) MySQL
5 1 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (3.57%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Finance
3 4 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 3 (10.71%) Games
4 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.14%) Banking
5 2 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Retail
6 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (42.86%) Senior
2 6 (21.43%) Data Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Architect
3 4 (14.29%) Senior Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Architecture Director
4 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Data Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Support Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) AWS Data Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) AWS Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Data Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Developer
5 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Lead
5 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) CSS
1 2 (7.14%) HTML
1 2 (7.14%) Middleware
1 2 (7.14%) OAuth
1 2 (7.14%) PySpark
2 1 (3.57%) .NET
2 1 (3.57%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.57%) Django
2 1 (3.57%) Node.js
2 1 (3.57%) OAuth2
2 1 (3.57%) OpenID
2 1 (3.57%) React
2 1 (3.57%) REST
2 1 (3.57%) RESTful
2 1 (3.57%) SAML
2 1 (3.57%) Vue
2 1 (3.57%) Web Services
2 1 (3.57%) WebRTC
2 1 (3.57%) WinForms
2 1 (3.57%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (10.71%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (10.71%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (7.14%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.57%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.57%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (3.57%) PropTech
4 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Windows
1 3 (10.71%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.57%) Linux
2 1 (3.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (25.00%) Analytics
2 7 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (21.43%) Agile
3 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (17.86%) Business Strategy
4 5 (17.86%) Data Migration
4 5 (17.86%) Data Modelling
4 5 (17.86%) Data Pipeline
4 5 (17.86%) Lean Six Sigma
4 5 (17.86%) Six Sigma
5 4 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 4 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
5 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (14.29%) ERP
5 4 (14.29%) Identity Management
5 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 4 (14.29%) Project Management
5 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (35.71%) SQL
2 5 (17.86%) PowerShell
2 5 (17.86%) Python
3 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
4 2 (7.14%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.57%) C#
5 1 (3.57%) Java
5 1 (3.57%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Degree
2 3 (10.71%) AWS Certification
2 3 (10.71%) Azure Certification
2 3 (10.71%) Master's Degree
2 3 (10.71%) MBA
2 3 (10.71%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (7.14%) PMI Certification
3 2 (7.14%) PMP
4 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (10.71%) Terraform
2 2 (7.14%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.57%) AWS Copilot
3 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Google
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle
3 2 (7.14%) Anaplan
3 2 (7.14%) Genesys
3 2 (7.14%) Salesforce
3 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 2 (7.14%) Verint
4 1 (3.57%) Databricks